Sanio ka Sangathan

Sanio ka Sangathan (SKS) is a voluntary organization
established in 1996. Since its establishment, the SKS has focused
in creating better opportunities for Dalits & Women. Presently
organization is working on women development and Natural
Resource Management (NRM) issues among 8 development
blocks of districts Nainital, Almora, Bageshwer and
Pithoragarh of Uttarakhand.
Sanio ka Sangathan (SKS) has organized women into Self Help
Groups (SHGs) during last 12 years in rural areas of Uttarakhand
State, SKS is successfully mobilizing SHGs into informal forums for
empowerment and better livelihoods. SKS has also organized
camps on Women Violence, through the groups, diagnose root
causes for lack of space for women in society and find ways to
address them. Women are getting space, freedom to express and
skills through continued dialogues and one to one meetings.
Under its health programs, SKS trained Dai (nursing women) who
are handling much better in their neighborhood villages in delivery
cases.
Skills of girl/adolescents are strengthening through library
programs, tailoring and allied activities and adolescent health
programs for better quality of life.
SKS organized Ringal (a variety of bamboo) workers and stressed
the local governments to reopen their Ringal permits, so as to
manage their natural ringal resources. In agro-pastoral villages,
seed bank program have been operated by SKS. Compost
formation, Rain Water Harvesting tanks, Ringal/Lantana trainings,
plantations, wasteland development are still going on in working
villages. SKS has focused on the community mode of working,
capacity enhancement and decision making among males &
females in villages.
SKS has completed a detailed study on Van Panchayat (VP) system
of Uttarakhand. Since last 5 years, the issue has become a state
level concern for government. SKS is regularly analyzing the VP
Rules with Sarpanch (head of VP), providing trainings on
management of VP and betterment of forest resources.
SKS organized
women as SHGs
during last 12
years in rural
areas of
Uttarakhand
State. Where SKS
is operating the
groups, are
learning from
each other;
mutual trust and
exchange visits
are impacting
livelihoods. SKS
has also
organized camps
on women
violence.